Setup: Projects
Each project represents a separate and distinct view on its data, configuration and users. You can set up staff (administrators) that can view single or multiple projects by switching between the projects.
Please note that it is not possible to report or export data across projects. If data should be downloaded for more than one project, it needs to be done per project.
General
Name: this is the name of your project
Devices
Select which devices should be connected to this project.
Select “No devices” if you want to use Surveys, Notifications or GPS tracking as stand-alone features without syncing wearables.
Garmin Settings
This is only applicable to Garmin devices that provide extended setting possibilities.
Sync via Garmin Connect App
Syncing with the Garmin Connect app is recommended if users already have Garmin Connect accounts and want to keep using them.
A personal account (email/password) is required to use Garmin Connect.
The following features are not available if Garmin Connect sync is chosen:
Surveys (requires Fitrockr app as an additional installed app)
Notifications (requires Fitrockr app as an additional installed app)
Extended Data Sampling Rate (e.g. 24/7 BBI/HRV, data recording frequency adjustments, etc.)
Hiding data (in app and device) to not influence user behaviour
Multi-sync (sync multiple Garmin devices with one tablet)
All data will be routed via Garmin US servers to the Fitrockr Cloud. If your project requires local country-specific data processing only, you need to select Fitrockr App synchronization.
Sync via Fitrockr app
Syncing with the Fitrockr app is recommended if users do not have a Garmin Connect account or local data processing is required.
No personal account is required. Users will connect to the Fitrockr app with a join-code.
Syncing with the Fitrockr app offers a variety of extended features:
Surveys
Notifications
Extended Data Sampling Rate (e.g. 24/7 BBI/HRV, data recording frequency adjustments, etc.)
Hiding data (in app and device) to not influence user behaviour
Multi-sync (sync multiple Garmin devices with one tablet)
All data will be routed via Fitrockr servers (cloud or on-premise) only. Data will be processed in Germany under strict data protection laws. On request, Fitrockr can also be hosted in any other country of your choice or at your own hosting center.
Standard vs Extended Data Sampling Rates – Garmin differentiates between two data recording methods.
Standard data is a fixed data type and frequency setting. This data will always be provided.
Enhanced data (aka “Logging Data”) is a configurable data type and frequency setting. This data will be additionally provided. For instance, if you select Heart Rate at 30s in the Logging Data section, you will receive both, Heart Rate at 60s from the Standard Data and Heart Rate at 30s from the Extended Data Setting. The recordings will be marked as HR-HUB (Standard) and HR-LOGGING (Extended) in the data export.
Wifi Sync Setting – logging data can add heavy load to Bluetooth syncing leading to longer sync times and in case of accelerometer/gyroscope to unstable syncs. Enable Wifi if logging data should be exclusively synced via Wifi.
Important: Only activate the feature if participants have regular access to Wifi! Once a participant has configured a Wifi in the Fitrockr App, logging data will only be synced through Wifi.
Hide Data on Device – if enabled, Garmin device will only display the watch face and will no longer allow user to scroll through their health and activity data. Depending on device model, watch face may still show health stats. In this case, you need to configure a different watch face manually on each device before handing them out.
Wearable Notifications – sets display of notifications of Garmin devices.
– Force on: all phone notifications will be displayed on the device.
– Force off: no phone notification will be displayed on the device (i.e. also that Fitrockr push notifications will not be displayed on the device).
– User Decides: by default, all phone notifications will be displayed on the device but each user can change the setting in the Fitrockr app.
Device Language – sets the language of all Garmin devices. Any manual adjustments on the device will be overwritten at each synchronization.
Time Format – sets the time format of all Garmin devices. Any manual adjustments on the device will be overwritten at each synchronization.
Measuring System – sets the measuring system of all Garmin devices. Any manual adjustments on the device will be overwritten at each synchronization.
Enable Live Data Streaming – if enabled, live data streaming tab is displayed to the participant in the Fitrockr app.
Requires live data streaming add-on module.
Fitrockr App Settings
This is only applicable if Fitrockr app is used.
Show Data – if enabled, health and activity data is displayed to the participant in the Fitrockr app.
Show Goals – if enabled, goals are displayed to the participant in the Fitrockr app.
Show Tasks – if enabled, surveys and notifications are displayed to the participant in the Fitrockr app.
Allow Body Scale – if enabled, body scale device can be added to the Fitrockr app.
Requires Garmin Body Scale Index 2.
Show Self-Reporting Data – if enabled, participants can manually log data in the Fitrockr app.
- Global Data Types: select which global data types participants should be able to log in the app.
- Data Studio Data Types: select which custom data types participants should be able to log in the app.
Data Studio Data Types are the data types that you configured yourself for the project at SETUP > DATA STUDIO.
Enable GPS Data – if enabled, participants can activate all-day 24/7 GPS data recording in the Fitrockr app.
User Profile Editability
This is only applicable if you allowed users to self-register via the Fitrockr app.
Project Specific Consent
This will be displayed to user during onboarding in the Fitrockr app. It allows adding project specific consent that users need to approve.